![]() ![]() West said part of teaching and learning about the human experience is getting students to relate to the material. “Because that’s what literature is, it’s the human experience.” “I always tell them we’re looking at the human experience here in this literature class,” West said. The class focuses on analyzing American literature from a wide variety of people, including refugee authors, immigrant authors, authors of color, women and more with themes of guilt, redemption, coming of age, conflict and war. “This is how I get to know them, what’s going on in their lives and what’s happening,” West said. ![]() While it seems like a fun, silly way to start the class, West said their question of the day is a meaningful way to get to know her students and engage them in class. Answers vary widely – from asking if Chick-fil-A is still around to “can I go back to sleep?” This is the type of question English teacher Alexandra West asks to start her sixth-period multicultural literature class at La Salle- Peru High School. ![]() What’s the first question you’d ask if someone woke you after being asleep for 100 years? ![]()
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